Friday, 18 September 2015

Jenna Coleman confirms she is leaving Doctor Who

Jenna Coleman has confirmed she is leaving her role as Clara Oswald in Doctor Who.

The actress chose an appearance on this morning's Radio 1 Breakfast
Show with Nick Grimshaw to announce her time in the Tardis was over.

"I have left the Tardis and I’ve filmed my last scenes," Coleman told Grimshaw.

"It has been in the works for a very long time. [Showrunner] Steven
[Moffat] and I sat down a year ago, a year and a half ago and tried to
work out the best place to do it and the best place in which to tell a
really good story. So hopefully that’s what we’ve done.

"I think it’s really, really cool. Obviously we’re not going to give
away any details but it will happen at some point this season."

Coleman says her decision to leave the Tardis was a tough one - "There’s
not a lot of jobs where you get to go to work and have a spaceship and
an alien as your best mate" - but that she'll certainly look back on it
fondly. "It’s such a unique beast. It’s been really special," she says.

She couldn't help getting a little choked up during her final scenes:
"I did get emotional. I was really trying to fight against it but you
can’t help it. It’s been my life, really, for the last three, four
years. And I just love Peter [Capaldi] so much and the job so much and
all the crew."

But it turns out she can always pop back for a spot of time travelling if the mood takes her...

"I still have a key to the Tardis," she told Nick Grimshaw this
morning. "Because I kind of stole it and stole some other bits and
pieces... I stole loads! I don’t know if they know yet! As the scenes
were counting down at the end of every scene, I was like: I’m having it,
having it, taking it."